Effective period / Period of releases: 1935 - 2005

Members: Buddy Rich, Nelson Riddle, Tommy Dorsey, Nick DiMaio, Al Klink, Maurice Purtill, Clyde Hurley, Sy Oliver, Alvin Stoller, Babe Russin, Hymie Schertzer, Charlie Shavers, Bunny Berigan, Bud Freeman, Al Viola, Axel Stordahl, Pete Candoli, Ray Linn, Ray Leatherwood, Lowell Martin, Bob Bain, Manny Klein, Sterling Bose, Raoul Poliakin, Allan Reuss, Tommy Pederson, Heinie Beau, Skeets Herfurt, George Seaberg, Carmen Mastren, George Arus, Don Lodice, Tony Zimmers, Sid Weiss, Les Robinson, Paul Mason, Dave Tough, Joe Bushkin, Fred Stulce, Bob Kitsis, Chuck Peterson, Gene Traxler, Johnny Mince, Pee Wee Erwin, Les Jenkins, Max Kaminsky, Claude Bowen, Paul Smith (5), Jackie Mills, Milt Raskin, Shorty Sherock, Corky Corcoran, Paul Cohen, Dave Jacobs, Clyde Rounds, Noni Bernardi, Phil Stephens, Mannie Gershman, Lee Castaldo, Clark Yocum, Al Stearns, Ben Heller, George Boehm, Jimmy Skiles, Steve Lipkins, Jimmy Blake, Bruce Snyder, James Zito, Sid Cooper, Warren Covington, Sam Herman, Karl De Karske, Buzzy Brauner, Zeke Zarchy, Sy Miroff, Connie Haines, Deane Kincaide, Mickey Bloom, Andy Ferretti, Mike Doty, Elmer Smithers, Ward Silloway, Yank Lawson, Red Bone (2), Joe Koch, Larry Hall (2), Bob Price, Jack Leonard, Jimmy Henderson, Harold Bemko, Tex Satterwhite, Dave Uchitel, Howard Smith (4), Bill Schallen, Dick Jones (3), Lou Prisby, Earle Hagen, Bill Cronk, Dick Noel (2), Johnny Van Eps, Walter Mercurio, Sam Ross, Bill Shine, Bernard Tinterow, Jack Kelleher, Harry Schuchman, Bob Alexy, Danny Vannelli, Walter Benson, Mickey Mangano, Leonard Posner, Leonard Atkins, Sid Stoneburn, Tony Rizzi, Johnny Potoker, Roger Ellick, Sam Skolnick, Gale Curtis, Ben Pickering, Joseph Park, Paul Mitchell (5), William Schaffer, John Dillard (2), Bob Bunch, Cliff Weston, Mac Cheikes, Leon Dubrow, Bill Graham (4), Joe Dixon, Jimmy Welch (2), Sam Rosen (2), Colin Satterwhite, Bruce Branson, Mort Hillman, Paul McCoy (2), Marty Berman, Angie Callea, Jerry Winner, Sandy Block, Johnny Amoroso, Skippy Galluccio, Art Tancredi, Arthur Rando, Robert Cusumano, Gerald Goff, Livio Fresk, Tak Takvorian, Ruth Hill (2), Tony Antonelli, Anita Boyer, Rocky Coluccio, Joe Bauer (2), Bill Ehrenkranz, Sam Hyster, Bob Dawes, Greg Phillips, Walt Benson, Daryl "Flea" Campbell, Michael Sabol, Joe Pamelia, Kenny DeLange, Dale Pearce, Leonard Kaye, Charles La Rue, Norman Seelig, John McCormick (9), Sid Harris (3), Bob Carter (15), Harry Finkelman, Bruce Benson (5), Wilf Wylie

Orchestra under the leading of Tommy Dorsey, formed in 1935 and disbanded a first time in 1946. By late 1946, the band business was indeed having problems. In December 1946, some members of the band (including Tommy Dorsey) were calling it quits. However, less than two years later, he formed an orchestra with exactly the same name (Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra), but with different members.

Dorsey's orchestra was known primarily for its renderings of ballads at dance tempos, frequently with singers such as Jack Leonard and Frank Sinatra.